Reviews
The Hanged Man. . . . Is a Fascinating and Well-Told Tale, Well Worth the Reading., Rich in drama, mystery, curiosity and coincidence. . . . [Bartlett's] performance opens for us a panoramic window into the world of the Middle Ages and encapsulates an entire culture within the context of a botched execution and a theological inquiry. It is a virtuoso display of scholarship. -- Jan Morris, The Times (London), "As well as revealing the mechanics of execution, the politics of a Marcher lordship and the dynamics of miracle, the testimony in the Cragh case enables us to explore issues as intimate and elusive as how medieval people remembered distant events and how they described units of space and time. Voices of the distant past can be heard again."-- History Today, "A gripping, educative and quite often disquieting excursion into [an] alien land. . . . Robert Bartlett examines with verve, scholarship, and gusto the extraordinary story." --Maurice Keen, London Review of Books, "The author shows that memory is flawed--as modern witnesses all too often demonstrate--and is shaped by the fullness of experience. . . . [T]he genius of this work is that . . . it is a model for teasing every bit of evidence from a brief source to reveal the mental world of medieval people."-- Joyce E. Salisbury, The Historian, "A delightful book. . . . Professor Bartlett's 168 pages are . . . more readable than most thrillers. . . . [I]n The Hanged Man men and women long dead (and, in one case, resurrected) walk and talk across 800 years." --Byron Rogers, The Spectator, " The Hanged Man is an outstanding introduction to the politics and culture of late thirteenth-and early fourteenth-century Britain. I recommend it unequivocally." --Michael Cichon, Canadian Journal of History, The author shows that memory is flawed--as modern witnesses all too often demonstrate--and is shaped by the fullness of experience. . . . [T]he genius of this work is that . . . it is a model for teasing every bit of evidence from a brief source to reveal the mental world of medieval people. -- Joyce E. Salisbury, The Historian, The Hanged Man is a yarn in the best tradition, all the better for its historical provenance, a satisfying, engrossing, and remarkable read. -- Michael G. Cornelius, Bloomsbury Review, As well as revealing the mechanics of execution, the politics of a Marcher lordship and the dynamics of miracle, the testimony in the Cragh case enables us to explore issues as intimate and elusive as how medieval people remembered distant events and how they described units of space and time. Voices of the distant past can be heard again., The Hanged Man is an outstanding introduction to the politics and culture of late thirteenth-and early fourteenth-century Britain. I recommend it unequivocally., The Hanged Manis a yarn in the best tradition, all the better for its historical provenance, a satisfying, engrossing, and remarkable read., Rich in drama, mystery, curiosity and coincidence. . . . [Bartlett's] performance opens for us a panoramic window into the world of the Middle Ages and encapsulates an entire culture within the context of a botched execution and a theological inquiry. It is a virtuoso display of scholarship., A delightful book. . . . Professor Bartlett's 168 pages are . . . more readable than most thrillers. . . . [I]n The Hanged Man men and women long dead (and, in one case, resurrected) walk and talk across 800 years. -- Byron Rogers, The Spectator, " The Hanged Man is a yarn in the best tradition, all the better for its historical provenance, a satisfying, engrossing, and remarkable read."-- Michael G. Cornelius, Bloomsbury Review, A delightful book. . . . Professor Bartlett's 168 pages are . . . more readable than most thrillers. . . . [I]nThe Hanged Manmen and women long dead (and, in one case, resurrected) walk and talk across 800 years. -- Byron Rogers, The Spectator, The Hanged Man . . . . Is a Fascinating and Well-Told Tale, Well Worth the Reading., A delightful book. . . . Professor Bartlett's 168 pages are . . . more readable than most thrillers. . . . [I]n The Hanged Man men and women long dead (and, in one case, resurrected) walk and talk across 800 years., The author shows that memory is flawed--as modern witnesses all too often demonstrate--and is shaped by the fullness of experience. . . . ÝT¨he genius of this work is that . . . it is a model for teasing every bit of evidence from a brief source to reveal the mental world of medieval people. -- Joyce E. Salisbury "The Historian", "The author shows that memory is flawed--as modern witnesses all too often demonstrate--and is shaped by the fullness of experience. . . . [T]he genius of this work is that . . . it is a model for teasing every bit of evidence from a brief source to reveal the mental world of medieval people." --Joyce E. Salisbury, The Historian, "It is . . . a complex look at history from the point of view of a particular, diverse set of subjects . . . that has the power to generate considerable interest in the medieval period." --Patricia Clare Ingham, American Historical Review, "An absorbing book that is elegantly, lucidly and entertainingly written." --Sean McGLynn, Medieval History Magazine, The Hanged Man is a yarn in the best tradition, all the better for its historical provenance, a satisfying, engrossing, and remarkable read., "As well as revealing the mechanics of execution, the politics of a Marcher lordship and the dynamics of miracle, the testimony in the Cragh case enables us to explore issues as intimate and elusive as how medieval people remembered distant events and how they described units of space and time. Voices of the distant past can be heard again." -- History Today, "A gripping, educative and quite often disquieting excursion into [an] alien land. . . . Robert Bartlett examines with verve, scholarship, and gusto the extraordinary story."-- Maurice Keen, London Review of Books, As well as revealing the mechanics of execution, the politics of a Marcher lordship and the dynamics of miracle, the testimony in the Cragh case enables us to explore issues as intimate and elusive as how medieval people remembered distant events and how they described units of space and time. Voices of the distant past can be heard again. -- History Today, "Superb. Robert Bartlett takes an utterly unnoticed text from the canonization dossier and uses it as a window into the politics, society, culture, and devotional world of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. I can think of no other book that gets as much of the Middle Ages into so small a compass." 'e"Edward Peters, University of Pennsylvania, A gripping, educative and quite often disquieting excursion into [an] alien land. . . . Robert Bartlett examines with verve, scholarship, and gusto the extraordinary story., The author shows that memory is flawed--as modern witnesses all too often demonstrate--and is shaped by the fullness of experience. . . . [T]he genius of this work is that . . . it is a model for teasing every bit of evidence from a brief source to reveal the mental world of medieval people., "An absorbing book that is elegantly, lucidly and entertainingly written."-- Sean McGLynn, Medieval History Magazine, "Rich in drama, mystery, curiosity and coincidence. . . . [Bartlett's] performance opens for us a panoramic window into the world of the Middle Ages and encapsulates an entire culture within the context of a botched execution and a theological inquiry. It is a virtuoso display of scholarship." --Jan Morris, The Times (London), "It is . . . a complex look at history from the point of view of a particular, diverse set of subjects . . . that has the power to generate considerable interest in the medieval period."-- Patricia Clare Ingham, American Historical Review, An absorbing book that is elegantly, lucidly and entertainingly written. -- Sean McGLynn, Medieval History Magazine, "The story of The Hanged Man is so good, so well written and so nicely inflected with wry humor that it makes Medieval history come alive." 'e"William Jordan, Princeton University, A gripping, educative and quite often disquieting excursion into [an] alien land. . . . Robert Bartlett examines with verve, scholarship, and gusto the extraordinary story. -- Maurice Keen, London Review of Books, The Hanged Manis an outstanding introduction to the politics and culture of late thirteenth-and early fourteenth-century Britain. I recommend it unequivocally. -- Michael Cichon, Canadian Journal of History, " The Hanged Man is an outstanding introduction to the politics and culture of late thirteenth-and early fourteenth-century Britain. I recommend it unequivocally."-- Michael Cichon, Canadian Journal of History, The Hanged Man is an outstanding introduction to the politics and culture of late thirteenth-and early fourteenth-century Britain. I recommend it unequivocally. -- Michael Cichon, Canadian Journal of History, " The Hanged Man . . . . is a fascinating and well-told tale, well worth the reading." --James Given, Speculum, " The Hanged Man is a yarn in the best tradition, all the better for its historical provenance, a satisfying, engrossing, and remarkable read." --Michael G. Cornelius, Bloomsbury Review, "A delightful book. . . . Professor Bartlett's 168 pages are . . . more readable than most thrillers. . . . [I]n The Hanged Man men and women long dead (and, in one case, resurrected) walk and talk across 800 years."-- Byron Rogers, The Spectator, The Hanged Manis a yarn in the best tradition, all the better for its historical provenance, a satisfying, engrossing, and remarkable read. -- Michael G. Cornelius, Bloomsbury Review, It is . . . a complex look at history from the point of view of a particular, diverse set of subjects . . . that has the power to generate considerable interest in the medieval period. -- Patricia Clare Ingham, American Historical Review, It is . . . a complex look at history from the point of view of a particular, diverse set of subjects . . . that has the power to generate considerable interest in the medieval period., The author shows that memory is flawed--as modern witnesses all too often demonstrate--and is shaped by the fullness of experience. . . . �T�he genius of this work is that . . . it is a model for teasing every bit of evidence from a brief source to reveal the mental world of medieval people. -- Joyce E. Salisbury "The Historian", "The Hanged Man." . . . is a fascinating and well-told tale, well worth the reading. -- James Given "Speculum", " The Hanged Man . . . . is a fascinating and well-told tale, well worth the reading."-- James Given, Speculum, "Rich in drama, mystery, curiosity and coincidence. . . . [Bartlett's] performance opens for us a panoramic window into the world of the Middle Ages and encapsulates an entire culture within the context of a botched execution and a theological inquiry. It is a virtuoso display of scholarship."-- Jan Morris, The Times (London), The Hanged Man . . . . is a fascinating and well-told tale, well worth the reading. -- James Given, Speculum
